wade was first handed down. since then the very foundation of this nation has been stained by the blood of almost 55 million of its own unborn children. some of them, mr. speaker, cried and screamed as they died. but because it was amniotic fluid going through the vocal cords instead of air we couldn't hear them. all of them had at least four things in common, mr. speaker. first they were just nameless little babies that had done wrong to no one. and yet each one of them died a nameless and lonely death. and each one of their mothers, whether she realizes it or not, will never be quite the same. and all the gifts that these children might have brought to humanity and this world are loss forever. even in the glare of such tragedy, this generation still clings to a blind, invincible ignorance. while history repeats itself over and over again, and our own silent genocide, mercilessly anigh late the most helpless of all victims, those yet unborn. mr. speaker, i recently heard barack obama speak such poignant words t